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Audio added to Japanese kitchen knife types Db

Special thanks to Jon and Sara (http://japaneseknifeimports.com) for spending their time and effort to record the audio. For majority of the entries there is a small speaker icon, which when clicked will display audio player popup and, hopefully it will work Same works in the detail view.
Also, fixed a bug accidentally introduced some time ago, when detail views for the names containing spaces were not accessible.

I've tested on all major latest browsers (FF8, IE9, Chrome 16, Opera 11), 3 different OS systems (Win 7, win Xp, Mac os). That part was the most annoying to be honest, aside form the fact that even latest and greatest browsers differ in their implementation and capabilities of "standard" html5 audio control, which sucks big time.
Support for older browsers was also implemented, however keep in mind to play mp3 or ogg files in old browsers you will need some sort of audio plugin present.

If you encounter problems, please let me know.

And as usual, if you have pix of the knives that are in the database but have no images please share. Or, if you know about a type of Japanese kitchen knife that's not in the db, share the wisdom

P.S. For those waiting for the knife steel chart app for the iphone - it's in progress. I'd say ~60% completed.

Spike - No it is not normal. There was a bug, safari was attempting to play ogg file instead of mp3. If you refresh page (shift + refresh) you should get new javascript which will do the right thing. If shift + refresh won't do, clear browser cache.
Dinky - What OS and browser are you using?